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| Mark Bridger to launch appeal, April Jones's parents say | Mark Bridger to launch appeal, April Jones's parents say |
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| Mark Bridger, who was jailed for the murder of five-year-old April Jones, has launched an attempt to appeal, the schoolgirl's parents have said. | Mark Bridger, who was jailed for the murder of five-year-old April Jones, has launched an attempt to appeal, the schoolgirl's parents have said. |
| Coral and Paul Jones told the Sun that police officers had warned them of an initial hearing at the court of appeal next month, which the couple plan to attend. | |
| Bridger has lodged an application for permission to appeal against his whole life term sentence and this has been referred to the full court with a hearing due in the new year, the Judicial Office said. | |
| Mrs Jones said her family continued to be "tortured" by Bridger, who was jailed for life in May after being found guilty of April's murder. | Mrs Jones said her family continued to be "tortured" by Bridger, who was jailed for life in May after being found guilty of April's murder. |
| "It's disgusting," she told the newspaper. "He's in prison where he belongs and he should stay there. He's just torturing my family with these legal battles. It's like he's taunting us, like he wants to show he's got the upper hand." | "It's disgusting," she told the newspaper. "He's in prison where he belongs and he should stay there. He's just torturing my family with these legal battles. It's like he's taunting us, like he wants to show he's got the upper hand." |
| She added that Bridger had already tried to claim compensation following an attack by a fellow inmate while at the top-security Wakefield prison, West Yorkshire, earlier this year. | She added that Bridger had already tried to claim compensation following an attack by a fellow inmate while at the top-security Wakefield prison, West Yorkshire, earlier this year. |
| Bridger, a father of six, snatched April near her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on 1 October last year. The five-year-old's body has never been found. | Bridger, a father of six, snatched April near her home in Machynlleth, Wales, on 1 October last year. The five-year-old's body has never been found. |
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